March of the Tadpoles

March of the Tadpoles
Studio album by Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band
Released	1977
Recorded	RCA Studio 'A', Hollywood, California, January 10–11, 1977
Genre	Jazz
Length	36:56
Label	Baystate Records
Producer	Hiroshi Isaka
Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band chronology
Insights (1976) March of the Tadpoles (1977) Live at Newport '77 (1977)

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March of the Tadpoles was the fifth studio recording of the Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band. The album was released in Japan in 1977 by Baystate. The album received two 1985 Grammy award nominations – for "Best Jazz Instrumental Performance - Big Band" and for "Best Arrangement on an Instrumental" (for the song, "March of the Tadpoles").

All tracks from this album are also included on the 2008 Mosaic 3 CD compilation, Mosaic Select: Toshiko Akiyoshi - Lew Tabackin Big Band.